Religious and spiritual language often uses the same words for different ideas. Words such as faith, spirit, truth, God, sacred, and belief seem straightforward. But often, two people realize they mean different things.
Leveraging Your Habitual Nature to Build Good Habits
By leveraging your habitual nature, you can turn bad habits into healthy ones. That’s right. When you understand how thought patterns drive behavior, you can use this mechanism to build good habits.
Practicing Without an Agenda: Trusting the Process
Practicing without an agenda means trusting the process instead of demanding a certain result. Spiritual practice usually begins for a reason. Having a reason is not the problem. Trouble begins when hope for a result turns into an expectation.
Nordic Folklore: Remembering Our Place In Nature
Nordic folklore preserves an older way of seeing our place in nature. Its stories grew from lives shaped by the land, sea, weather, seasons, animals, sun, and sky. They remind us that nature is not somewhere else; it’s where human life happens.
Strategies for Dealing with Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive dissonance is the tension that appears when beliefs conflict with new information. The strategies for dealing with cognitive dissonance help you manage conflict. This way, you won’t let the need for quick relief dictate your choice.
Meditation Troubleshooting Guide: Taming The Mind
It is common to experience difficulty meditating because the mind acts like a wild horse. It wanders, becomes bored and restless, and takes unscheduled detours. Nothing is wrong, but these natural tendencies become obstacles when we want to meditate. Here’s your meditation troubleshooting guide to help in taming the restless mind.
Twelve Practical Axioms for Discernment
Most of us think we can spot propaganda, deception, and weak arguments. Yet these tactics work every day because they often sound reasonable at first. Practical axioms give us simple warning signs that tell us when to look closer.
How Myth And Symbolic Stories Shape Culture
Myth and symbolic stories shape culture. They turn ideas, values, fears, and experiences into narratives that people can remember and share. Those stories pass from one generation to the next. They shape culture and carry its meaning forward.
Investigating the Existence of the Human Spirit or Soul
Does the soul exist? Investigating the existence of the human spirit or soul seeks the answer. The question lacks a simple answer. There are at least seven different ways to approach this subject. We will look at each to see how it helps illuminate this topic.
Religious Camouflage Hiding Illogical Thinking
Religious camouflage can make weak reasoning difficult to recognize. By hiding illogical thinking behind tradition, religions make unsupported claims seem reasonable. Spotting camouflage helps us make better decisions before accepting ideas.